Need back-up tour company for plantation tour

I have tentative reservations with Tours by Isabelle for their plantation tour for either Monday the 13th or Tuesday the 14th. As of yet, they still can%26#39;t garantee the tour.

Does another company do both Oak Alley and Laura? Celebration tours and Cajun Encounters doesn%26#39;t do both of those, and Grayline only does 1 or the other. Any suggestions??

Need back-up tour company for plantation tour

There is another company called Big Easy Tours but I am not familiar with them and I see the tour for the two plantations is about $81

Need back-up tour company for plantation tour

I did find The Old River Rd Adventures, they have a plantation tour that goes to both Oak Alley and Laura for 70$.

Guess I%26#39;ll give them a try if Isabelle doesn%26#39;t work out.

I was going to suggest River Road Adventures. I%26#39;ve had friends use them, and really, you%26#39;re just paying for transportation and commentary to/from, so it%26#39;s not a big deal who you choose in terms of the tour company. The plantations do their own tours, but make sure the tour goes to the plantations you want to see!

I too had problems getting ';Tours by Isabelle'; to guarantee a tour for us. I went with another group instead.

http://www.cajunprideswamptours.com/

Decided on this one. Very nice and much cheaper than Isabelle.

I rented a car last Wednesday and visited Evergreen, Laura, and Oak Alley. I read that Old River Road Plantation Adventure goes to that plantation and Oak Alley%26#39;s. After going on the tour at Evergreen, none of the other plantation tours measured up. They do one tour a day at 11:00 am and the women spent 2 hours explaining everything about the plantation and its owners. We were the only people on the tour (my friend and I), so it was essentially a private tour. Evergreen differs from the other plantations because it has 22 original slave cabins all in their original location and unaltered. Going to the cabins was like taking a step back in time. When we went to Laura, the tour just seemed a lot hokier and there were only 4 out of I don%26#39;t know how many slave cabins left. The original wood roofs were replaced by tin and 2 weren%26#39;t even in the original location. Somehow it just didn%26#39;t seem as authentic.Plus, 80% of Laura%26#39;s main house was burned in a fire and had to rebuilt. Evergreen%26#39;s house isn%26#39;t very elaborate, but the tour was amazing. Oak Alley%26#39;s tour stunk. The brochure mentions that you should allow 90 minutes to tour the plantation...well the tour only lasted 30 minutes, so after the 2 hour Evergreen tour, I felt jipped. Oak Alley is very pretty, but I wouldn%26#39;t go there for the tour. Maybe you should consider renting a car. Just my 2 cents....

p.s. the Hushpuppies at B%26amp;C Seafood were soooooo good (they%26#39;re next to Laura Plantation).

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If you%26#39;re going on a city tour, I wouldn%26#39;t choose Celebration Tours. We went with them, and while the tour was good, the visibility from the van wasn%26#39;t. The windows didn%26#39;t go high enough....kind of felt boxed in. Saw the Tours by Isabelle van and they had a lot more window room.

I%26#39;ve done just about every plantation tour on River Road. I%26#39;m a history lover!

Evergreen is the best plantation by far when you combine the land and the tour. If you really want to see it (and I think only certain tour companies go there) contact them directly and just rent a car. Then you can stop at the others you want to see.

The other good TOURS would be Houmas House, Laura (IMHO) and Nottoway.

I have been to Destrehean, San Francisco, Tezcuco (well the remains), Whitney (that was awesome, but you have to get lucky to get the owner to give you a tour), Nottoway, Laura, Oak Alley, Evergreen, Houmas House and Myrtles but that%26#39;s not River Road. I%26#39;ve stopped at others for shots of the homes.

I%26#39;d rent a car and start off at Oak Alley or Evergreen and either go north or south depending where you start. Hit the other ones on the west bank that you can/want and drive back (I hear St. Joseph is a great tour as well).

hi, i%26#39;m an amateur photographer and would really really love to take pictures of the oak alley plantation - just the grounds and the house from the outside. i was wondering if you needed to pay or is it free just to walk around the outside? also, do all the plantations charge a fee just to be on their grounds?

Most plantations do charge a fee to walk the grounds. I was at Houmas House this weekend, and it was $10 for entrance to the grounds and $20 for the tour and access to the grounds.

I believe Oak Alley is the same, but you%26#39;d still be able to take pictures from outside the gates without paying a fee.

Actually Oak Alley is pretty easy to get shot of w/o paying. The front gate where the alley is has a pull off on the other side of the road. Park there and walk across to get the shot from the front. You can also walk the grounds w/o paying - they only take the ticket when you go IN the house. I still paid for donation purposes (almost all the plantations have been suffering since Katrina and the tourism drop).

Most plantations you can get shots of from the street. The grounds are different depending on the house and if there%26#39;s an area to pull off. :)

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